Grimsby Town and Bromley shared the points in a breathless 1-1 draw that produced most of its drama inside the opening forty minutes.
Ben Krauhaus gave Grimsby an early foothold on ten minutes, and for a spell the home side looked capable of building on that platform. But the contest shifted sharply in the late twenties. Kabamba levelled for Bromley on 28 minutes, and within seven frantic minutes Vernam, Kabia, and Arthurs had all been involved as the match swung repeatedly in both directions. By the midpoint of the first half the scoreline had been nudged and pulled across several moments of quality and uncertainty in equal measure.
The second half was less frenetic but no less eventful. A cluster of substitutions around the hour mark brought Ilunga, Ifill, and Hondermarck into the action within the space of two minutes, and each side looked to use fresh legs to tip the balance.
Grimsby pressed for a winner as the clock ran down. Jamie Walker came on in the 77th minute, and Soonsup-Bell and Sellars-Fleming both entered late as Grimsby pushed forward. Thompson was introduced in stoppage time, but the hosts could not find a second goal.
Bromley defended with sufficient organisation to hold on, and the draw felt like a fair reflection of an afternoon when neither side could sustain control long enough to deserve three points.
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